Register now We are pleased to announce the next OASPA webinar which will provide insight, through real-life use cases, into how the OA Switchboard facilitates the fulfilment of open access strategies across business models, policies and agreements. Date: Tuesday, 8th December 2020 Time: 3.30 pm – 4.45 pm GMT (other timezones: 7.30 am Pacific Time, 9.30… Read full article >
OASPA founds new organisation with future-proof governance and funding structure for the OA Switchboard
A neutral, independent intermediary enabling shared infrastructure, bringing transparency, efficiency and cost effectiveness to the open access ecosystem The OA Switchboard initiative is a not-for-profit collaboration between funders, institutions and publishers to provide essential infrastructure, standards and back office services to achieve a breakthrough in the transformation of the market such that Open Access is supported… Read full article >
OA Switchboard initiative: progress report September 2020
The OA Switchboard is now a reality: the MVP (Minimum Viable Product), currently in its pilot phase, has delivered a neutral information exchange ‘hub’, streamlining the communication between funders, institutions and publishers regarding OA publications. The OA Switchboard will reduce the complexity in the implementation of multi-lateral Open Access publication-level arrangements, ensuring a financial settlement… Read full article >
OA Switchboard initiative: progress report July 2020
Delivering the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for the OA Switchboard initiative is almost a reality. With August around the corner, there will be a solution available to streamline the neutral exchange of OA related publication-level information between funders, institutions and publishers. This offers the potential to provide a breakthrough in the transformation of the market… Read full article >
OA Switchboard initiative: progress report May 2020
Open Access (OA) output is growing year-on-year and increasingly, funders and institutions are paying for OA centrally. OA business models are becoming ever more diverse, some with or without individual publication fees, some through agreements with publishers. Meanwhile, funders and institutions are expanding their requirements about how various research outputs should be published. With all of these developments,… Read full article >